I don’t think people realise they’re keeping the active rear wing (and adding an active front wing). The only change is that you don’t need to be within a second of the car ahead. Teams should be able to use higher downforce setups designed for cornering, but be able to increase the top speed on straights with less drag from the active aero
@@haku7335 Did you see Norris vs Russel in the Spanish gp this year Norris was unable to pass and their battle lasted half a lap with no drs because he got desperate. The overtake of the year is easily Albion’s double overtake at Canada which was when drs was disabled. There are still overtakes in the wet which is proof that it isn’t needed.
I’ve always thought DRS to be backwards. It should be available to all cars *not* within 1 second of the car in front. That way cars can close up but then have to pass the old fashioned way
I personally think that the 2026 Active Aero could work if its regulated by the FIA so that some team don't develop it like crazy like with what happened with DRS
Without overtakingade it would just be monaco. Everywhere. Track position instead of overtakes. I think the cares are WAY to big for casual overtakes. Imagine all the street curcuits. Without drs. Yeah good luck commentating on that cuz it would be boring as hell
I don't see how F1 can ever inherently make overtaking easier without assistance. The current era is faster than ever because every team is fighting to develop more downforce who's default side effect is turbulent air. If they want less turbulent backwash, then they need to regulate downforce which will overall slow down the car. Can't have both.
I think they are relying on the battery usage strategies that will make or break a team. Full battery is not available for a whole lap, and it doesn't come back as fast as used, so race pace slower, clever drivers will use the boost at only the right moments when you know the other guy can't respond.
@@untitledtitle503That's what a lot of these nostalgia merchants forget that many overtakes before were either in the pits or when drivers were on different fuel loads
@@limbeboy7 yeah you can set it up but if it’s not faster than the cars in front it’s just a matter of time drs tightens up the field a bit better but eventually the result is the same.
DRS is lame as FK, because its predictable. We know when DRS is allowed which is fine, but we also know WHERE they can use it. So of course the areas that allows for DRS are we gonna see the passes. Not only that the rules for how far behind the leading car form you determine when you can use it totally takes strategics advantages out of it. They should have let the drivers pick when to use it.
Because of safety reasons, they will never do that. Sure, most racers, say from the midfield to the top ones, will know not to use it too close to corners, but what about the Mazespins, Strolls and Latifis in the pack. They would choose the wrong locations and then cause a giant crash, possibly life ending. So no, that will never happen, the FIA will dictate which parts of the track allow for its use and you'll just have to live with it. But if you want unpredictable, go watch Indycar or any spec series, those tend to be lotteries most of the time.
@@soundscape26 no I would expect some just run it open all the time and close right at the corners and open back up again. I rather see that and be " unpredictable" at times vs what we have now. It's just so formulaic.
They’ve already fixed that. It was the previous version where only the rear wing had active aero, the rear became unstable at high speeds. The front and rear active aero is balanced, works just fine
@@StrictlyCity1894 that’s a moot point. First of all, usually these things are built redundant. Secondly, any part on an F1 car can fail at any time. That’s why FIA checks, testing and design teams exist. If F1 never tried anything because “what if it fails” then we’d never see any innovation and the sport would have died years ago
@@StrictlyCity1894 Generally they're designed to fail closed, not open. It'd be no different than it is now, if it somehow gets stuck open on the rear wing only and causes uncontrollable oversteer.
What? Drs is Drag Reduction System, it’s supposed to reduce drag for more straight line speed by opening a flap on the rear wing, or the suspension and diffuser on the rb19
@@user-jy6ol4xp3m Dirty air (vortices made by car in front )makes it hard to follow so drivers would nvr be close enough to overtake organically so they made the system to which reduces drag profile and allows for cars to "make up" for the time lost following the car in front
Yes but part of the sport is fighting in the dirty air only f1 has DRS all other sports like indycar or super formula have a button that gives more power to the engine those cars are also spec cars so the way the air moves around all these cars are the same F1 having different designs for all the cars makes fighting the dirty air more difficult. get rid of the active areo and just give us engines with ridiculous power. active areo would make corning faster but other than that it provides nothing else sure quicker lap times same results can be achieved with just engine power. all motorsport has gone for low carbon foot prints but i saw f1 should be different the pinnacle of motorsport right well mak it feel that way bring ack the v10 is basically what im saying
@@filipebeat fair point i guess, but the DRS name is already associated with the rear wing system when you're within 1 second. i think the point is that if both cars can have it at the same time, and the front wing also has active aero, then it's completely different in how it impacts racing, even if it technically does the same thing
I wish they bring back refueling IMO. Lot of older drivers are saying that new generation cars are easier to drive so it's not showing the driver's ability to push their limit instead it's just all tyre management.
Not sure how much of a difference it would make since the cars weigh more and they burn and carry less fuel. The difference will be little. Perhaps they could be allowed a higher fuel flow limit and extra engine allowance.
but i dont understand, if a car from behind can get boost for overtaking assist, whats the point of racing? lets say, alright, this lap he overtake me with DRS, or X mode, next lap im just gonna push the same button.
Nobody seems to remember the seasons between the old tech cars of Senna’s area and the introduction of DRS. They were processions rather than races. Boring.
That is because of most tracks have no room to pass except on the straights. So are they going to improve the tracks, or make the cars one design. Without those removing DRS seems to be a requirement. I am less on the edge of my seat without it.
This is not right, in 2026 active front and rear wings will be available to everyone at every moment to reduce drag and so create more efficient cars with a more electric PU, the aid is in the new overboost mod for engine and Mguk
Fans seem to find wet races more entertaining by an overwhelming margin. There is no DRS in these races. DRS probably isn't the cause, but it points to issues inherent to F1 cars, and how these large, fast, perfectly-handing cars leave so little room for anything cool to happen. I've had more fun watching NASCAR, but only because of the radio drama. Both are bland. Rally and WEC remain miles more entertaining, because there's so much more room for interesting stuff to happen. It's not the cars, it's the sport.
Fans like wet races more because the lack of grip and changeable conditions makes the races quite unpredictable, something that doesn't happen in the dry.
@@soundscape26 Completely true, they should try to mimick this within the rules within reason. It won't happen though, the problem is the F1 has become the pinnacle of motor racing, so I feel like they can only dumb down the cars so much.. but I'd love to see today's drivers drive less sophisticated cars that showcased their skills more and allowed for more errors.
They'd rather have NA V10's or V12's and shave tons of weight off the car, as well as the cars having smaller dimensions. But unfortunately, even racing has to be "green" nowadays.
Since backmarker traffic tends to slow you down, it's only fair they have DRS to compensate for that and allow them to minimise the time being stuck behind them. Not to mention not just the leader gets DRS from backmarkers, everyone does. The point you are trying to make isn't all that strong as you think it is.
You got the title the wrong way around. DRS killed F1 and the art of racing and the overtake. Austria 2024 was a perfect example of how ludicrously overcharged endless DRS zones have become. And besides, it's not going away, it's just going to be deployed across the whole lap from '26 on.
No. Because no matter what, the racing regulations are not in the mind of a driver when he decides to risk a move. They will never decide not to take an opportunity out fear of a penalty, only out fear of a crash and sometimes not even then. In a race driver’s mind, it is always ‘take the risk now to see if it pays off, think about the consequences later.’ You can have as many regulations and penalties as you like but the drivers will still risk it all if there’s opportunity to get ahead.
The reason DRS was created is precisely the reason I despise it. If you overtake because you push a "video game boost button" was it really an earned overtake? I think not.
You might not like it, but modern F1 needs it to stop it from being a parade. The amount of turbulent (a.k.a. dirty) air has increased so much over the last decade and a half, it is simple necessity. Without it, pretty much everyone would stop watching out of sheer boredom because there would basically be no overtakes.
How many times have we seen DRS actually pass like a videogame boost button. People talk about it as if the driver in front is a sitting duck and drs blasts past, but actually we've seen many times drivers spend laps with drs and still not pass in a great battle.
@EntropicExerg please explain the increase of dirty air. I mean isnt the lurpose of dirry air to reduce air resistance... you know slipstream effect. Please enlighten
Sort of, they got within a second. It's not a real overtake for sure. There has to be something or the sport will be boring. Here's a solution that nobody will like: reduce the technology in the cars so the smaller teams can catch up.
@@thecounterrr Dirty air (also known as turbulent air) has no specific purpose per se, it is just a consequence of wings and other aero features messing up the flow of air too much. More over-the-body downforce is achieved by messing with the flows more, leading to more dirty air. Ground effect is an entirely different way of generating downforce, one that doesn't require messing with the flows too much. With ground effect you can reach similar levels of downforce without creating too much dirty air. That is why they introduced it, because it allows you to follow other cars closer because you still get plenty of "good" air flows. That leads to better racing, because you don't need to make the pass in a single or a few turns.
After Watching every F1 race since I was a teenager I stopped watching for a couple years when DRS was introduced. Still hate it. Feels like a scam. Hence, all the WDCs won in the DRS era are kind of.. quasi un legit. IMO
DRS indeed destroyed a big part of F1, but those titles were still fought hard for and earned and are completely legitimate. DRS created as many hassles for drivers as it did benefits.
I always liked drs. People hate it because "it makes overtaking too easy but also creates a drs train that reduces overtaking" they say with massive contradiction. But I love the top speed it adds
How is DRS killed? Is more updated to adaptive aerodynamic on both wings! With such a bait title, I have to bash you, we are already missing some American fans, thanks to people like you, sadly it is not because you didn't put all the information there she is available to everyone on the Internet.
@@ap0llo.0ne51 I understand what you are saying, still drag reduction system, it's an active aerodynamic system too, so is not dead, to the overtakes on track, they come up with a over boost button (the name I have forgotten). To the original comment, how does it pass to the title of the video? Even your answer, confirmed that DRS is still there, and now is just like free practice, you apply throttle wing goes flat, you apply the brakes wing goes up. Regarding that its Monday, have a nice week, and weekend is Race Weekend, Beer chips and F1 race is coming, be well.
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